Pierre Plessis

Pierre Plessis (21 March 1759-18 December 1793) was a colonel of the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars at the Siege of Toulon.

Biography
Pierre Plessis was born on 21 March 1759 in Landos, Haute-Loire, in south-central Kingdom of France. Plessis enlisted in a regiment of line infantry in 1777 and gained his first experience in warfare during the American Revolutionary War. Plessis was dispatched to the United States to assist the American patriot army in the Siege of Savannah in 1779, where he was severely wounded in the neck by a musketball. Plessis was mustered out of service after the war's end as a Corporal, as he was not allowed to advance beyond NCO rank due to being of humble origin.

During the French Revolutionary Wars, he was the captain of a regiment of Fusiliers of Line and fought at the Siege of Toulon against the British Army of Charles O'Hara. Plessis and his regiment were annihilated during the battle, and Plessis was killed in action during a bayonet charge.